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Claw of Archimedes was an ancient weapon devised by Archimedes in 3rd Century BC to defend Greek colony city Syracuse on island of Sicily against amphibious assault.
It was a sort of crane-like mechanism with a suspended grappling hook used to lift enemy ships out of water… https://t.co/RV0XJ463U1
Mankind's Oldest Gold (4600-4200 BC) was found in Tomb 43, in Varna Necropolis (Varna Cemetery) on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.
Archaeologists discovered Tomb 43, contains remains of a high-status man who appeared to be some kind of ruler/leader.
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A 12th Century CE, illustration depicting the seven liberal arts: grammar, rhetoric, and logic (the trivium) and geometry, arithmetic, music, and astronomy (the quadrivium).
British Library
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A 14th Century CE; Mamluk Miniature, Warriors wrestling on red horses and kky horses. Red (Red-Al) and Sky (Blue-Turquoise) colors are a color symbolism that Turks still use in their flags.
Topkapi Palace Museum Library
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Origin of school as it is known in present day dates back to ancient Egypt. About 4000 years ago, Kheti was a high official at court of Pharaoh Mentuhotep II.
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On 18th August 1227 CE, Genghis Khan passed away, whilst campaigning at Yinchuan, capital of Western Xia.
‘The real cause of Cinggis’ death is unknown, and was certainly unknown also to most people at the time'.
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On 27th August 1883, Island of Krakatoa, Indonesia exploded in a huge volcanic eruption. Sound produced from explosion was loudest in recorded history; sound wave travelled around planet 7 times.
📷 Lithograph by Parker & Coward, Britain.
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The modern recreation of the Homo Erectus female who believed about 200 thousand years ago. (The Great Mother of the Netherlands) Leiden Museum Netherlands.
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After the volcanic eruption, poisionus gas of Vesuvius, kill people of Pompeii, in short time. Later, ashes of volcano are poured into city. During archaeological excavations in, 1900s, archaeologist mold it by pouring liquid plaster.
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On 27th August 1883, Island of Krakatoa in Indonesia exploded in a huge volcanic eruption. Sound produced from explosion was loudest in recorded history and sound wave travelled around planet seven times.
📷©: Lithograph by Parker & Coward, Britain.
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